North Carolina - ACC - FBS - NCAA
| Week | Rank | Rate | Record | SOS | Opponent | Score | Rank Then | Rank Now |
| 0 | 9 | 0.000 | (0,0) | 0.000 | --bye-- |
| 1 | 518 | -0.500 | (0,1) | 0.500 | TCU | 14 to 48 | 7 | 29 |
| 2 | 417 | -0.485 | (1,1) | -0.485 | Charlotte | 20 to 3 | 629 | 193 |
| 3 | 124 | 1.006 | (2,1) | 0.672 | Richmond | 41 to 6 | 333 | 231 |
| 4 | 74 | 1.347 | (2,2) | 1.347 | UCF | 9 to 34 | 45 | 106 |
| 5 | 113 | 1.130 | (2,2) | 1.130 | --bye-- |
| 6 | 141 | 0.944 | (2,3) | 1.144 | Clemson | 10 to 38 | 66 | 99 |
| 7 | 146 | 0.948 | (2,3) | 1.148 | --bye-- |
| 8 | 165 | 0.788 | (2,4) | 1.121 | California | 18 to 21 | 64 | 75 |
| 9 | 154 | 0.849 | (2,5) | 1.278 | Virginia | 16 to 17 | 15 | 8 |
| 10 | 129 | 1.040 | (3,5) | 1.290 | Syracuse | 27 to 10 | 109 | 109 |
| 11 | | | | | Stanford | | | 86 |
| 12 | | | | | Wake Forest | | | 39 |
| 13 | | | | | Duke | | | 41 |
| 14 | | | | | NC State | | | 37 |
| 15 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 16 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 17 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 18 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 19 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 20 | | | | | --bye-- |
| 21 | | | | | --bye-- |